Our Collection
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Hours
Due to inclement weather the VHM will be closed tomorrow, Thursday February 18.
Following guidelines set forth by medical professionals and Governor Ralph Northam, the Virginia Holocaust Museum will require masks for entry to the museum. We are also asking guests to sign a mandatory waiver and register to enter the museum, which can be done here.
As a safety precaution, we will limit the number of guests in the museum at one time. And, once in the museum, please practice safe social distancing. Signs and floormats have been placed throughout the museum to remind our guests of spacing.
Monday–Friday: 9am–5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11am–5pm
Closed Easter, First Day of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve and New Years Day.
The VHM closes at 1PM the day before Thanksgiving.
Admission
The Virginia Holocaust Museum is always free and open to the public. At this time we are asking guests to register online prior to entering the museum.
Parking
Free parking is provided for museum guests in our lot on Cary Street
Buses may park in the overflow parking on Dock Street.
Location
2000 East Cary Street
Richmond, Virginia 23223
Upcoming Events
Student Art Contest
Deadline: March 12, 2021
Yom Hashoah
Sunday, April 11, 3pm
New Visiting Guidelines
Following guidelines set forth by medical professionals and Governor Ralph Northam, the Virginia Holocaust Museum will require masks for entry to the museum. We are also asking guests to sign a mandatory waiver and register to enter the museum, which can be done online. As a safety precaution, we will limit the number of guests in the museum at one time. And, once in the museum, please practice safe social distancing. Signs and floormats have been placed throughout the museum to remind our guests of spacing.
Learn more



It is the Virginia Holocaust Museum’s mission to tell those stories, educating and helping to ensure that the words “Never Again,” are someday realized.



As a safety precaution, we will limit the number of guests in the museum at one time. And, once in the museum, please practice safe social distancing. Signs and floormats have been placed throughout the museum to remind our guests of spacing.



To request a survivor speaker please click the Learn More button below.

who were recognized as
“Righteous Among the Nations."

the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
and Yad Vashem



Oswiecim
Virginia Holocaust Museum.
Designed as a commemoration to local survivors who endured
this notorious camp, it serves to the illustrate its significance
within Nazi ideology.








Ways to Support
Due to your generous support the Virginia Holocaust Museum is able to remain free and open to the public.
Museum News
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23 Feb
Director’s Report February 2021
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04 Feb
VIRTUAL CLASSICAL CONCERT
Read morePerformed on Sunday, January 31, 2021 View Recording Here Live-Streamed from the Sanctuary at Congregation Beth Ahabah Jocelyn Vorenberg Violinist for the Richmond Symphony Michelle
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26 Jan
Countering the Rise of Anti-Semitism Panel Discussion
Read moreHosted on Monday, January 25, 2021 View Panel Discussion Here Seventy five years after the end of WWII, there is an historic rise in anti
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